Tag: imperialism
John West Introduces Darwin Comes to Africa
The work explores the poisonous influence of Social Darwinism on British rule in Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
When Darwin Came to Africa
Charles Darwin didn’t spend much time in Africa. But his poisonous ideas certainly did.
Two Nigerian Authors and Darwin’s African Legacy
Missing from Chinua Achebe’s account is the role played by scientific racism in driving British imperialist policy in the country.
The Racism of Darwin and Darwinism
Not only racism, but racial extermination was an integral feature of Darwin’s theory from the start.
African Genocide: The Horror of Scientific Racism
My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and only a part of the story of Social Darwinism’s influence on Western imperialism.